DAILY GRINDER: Want More Census Context?
Philadelphia is the fifth largest city in the country. We beat Phoenix! [Inky] And, more context: Pennsylvania’s population is moving east. The Philly media market is less than 40 percent of the population. The three congressional districts that grew the fastest are held by Republicans while the here that shrunk the most are held by Democrats. Pittsburgh is...
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Nutter Doesn’t Impress LGBT Groups On Scout Stance
Is the whole Mayor Michael Nutter-Boy Scouts fiasco finally coming to an end? Maybe. But he still comes out looking, well, wrong, if you can believe that. M. Nutt met with gay and lesbian leaders Tuesday, announcing he’d be standing by his convictions, er, principles, er, commitment to the Boy Scouts of America who beat the city in a lawsuit last summer, affirming...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Budget Today
Democratic City Committee deal broker and sometimes-Congressman Bob Brady brokered the deal for DiCicco to step out of the race for First District Council and back Mark Squilla. [Daily News] Another man has come forward, accusing a priest from the Philadelphia Archdiocese of rape and torture. His lawsuit alleges “Archdiocese officials conspired to endanger...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: With All Other Problems Solved, The New Black Panthers Are Back In Public Discourse
Attorney General Eric Holder got mighty testy during a hearing into the New Black Panthers case yesterday (yeah, that’s still a thing). Now that Republicans have control of committees in the House, they’re re-opening this stuff and telling Holder he didn’t prosecute the case because…spin the wheel…they are black and so is he! Rep. Chaka Fattah told...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: M. Nutt Rising
With the brutal success of Sugar House reaping benefits all over the city, Mayor Michael Nutter now says he’s open to another casino – at Market East. [Philly Clout] REAL ID is coming – or not. The W. Bush-era legislation which would turn driver’s licenses into national identity cards – perhaps! – in the name of fighting terrorism, has been the object...
Continue ReadingKnox Backs Nutter
C’mon, man. This was your surprise? An aging Tom Knox made it to a Nutter for Mayor presser this morning, joining Ed Rendell and endorsing Nutter for Mayor in a Democrat field of one (unless you count Milton Street, which, well…) Knox’s reasons: He doesn’t want to go negative, he’s got kids, etc. Everything except for the internal polls that...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: As Promised, Announcements
For those keeping score at home: Philadelphia is not one of the world’s – or country’s – most livable cities. So that’s ugly, miserable, bad for men, good for beer, unlivable. Anyone got any more city ratings systems they wanna try out? Because we’re here. [Reuters] Heard in the Hall says Tom Knox won’t run. Sorry for this piece of meh news. Did...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Lies, Damned Lies and DROP Studies
According to a new study, DROP costs about half what Nutter’s Baltimore consultants said. Based on an initial knee-jerk reaction, we don’t really know what to think, either. Except we know Frank Rizzo, Jr. is probably happy. And maybe Frank DiCicco will scrape that silly legislation and keep his money, after all. [Philly.com] The Union League of Philadelphia...
Continue ReadingNutter Has Cake But (Seriously) Doesn’t Eat It
Mayor Nutter and the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC) celebrated five years of the Housing Trust Fund on Wednesday with a cake decorated with rainbows, flowers and sunshine. Nutter skipped the cake, and in wake of the BRT debacle and city unions blaming him for their missing contracts, maybe the whole rainbows thing didn’t...
Continue ReadingNutter Supports Jobs Bill, But What About DROP?
Mayor Nutter joined the country’s other mayors yesterday in Washington in support of a bill that would save jobs. The report, released by the the U.S. Conference of Mayors (which includes a picture of Nutter on its homepage, how exciting!), concludes that local governments will slash approximately a half-million local jobs in the next 18 months all across...
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